I don’t use little used, cutsy words that much so I like to
remind myself. The definition I want to use is:
Nihilism: 3a The belief that all existence is senseless…
Modified for romance: The belief that love cannot be found
for either the hero or heroine or both.
Some might say, that’s farfetched, yet it shows up in almost
every romance novel! It’s a trope that helps worry the readers and helps bind
them to the characters. Right? Yes, except when it is done without some
originality or little respect for the characters history and way they face the
world.
In Summer in the City,
a Hallmark movie, 2016, the heroine has been burnt in the pass by a fiancée who
cheated on her, so she pushes away the hero. She also rationalizes that she
must be about her job and has no time for romance.
The hero has been burnt “many”
times but only takes this as a challenge to try harder to find the right
person. You can just see his mind working overtime when he first sees her (and thereafter).
I enjoyed this movie and highly recommend it. Here's a short preview:
https://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play;_ylt=A2KIo9fKybBXqQsAbnv7w8QF;_ylu=X3oDMTEwNnZ0NnY5BHNlYwNzcgRzbGsDdmlkBHZ0aWQDQjI0MTYEZ3BvcwMx?p=summer+in+the+city+hallmark&vid=68bfff6ad9453b6c5840dbeb7aa3db9f&turl=https%3A%2F%2Ftse2.mm.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOVP.V28973eda825b9b2f6f0cebfc9986d294%26pid%3D15.1%26h%3D168%26w%3D300%26c%3D7%26rs%3D1&rurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dgl-xxLGod8w&tit=Preview+-+Summer+In+The+City+-+Hallmark+Channel&c=0&h=168&w=300&l=36&sigr=11bv2itbb&sigt=11f32af79&sigi=132bj8j2m&age=1469829323&fr2=p%3As%2Cv%3Av&fr=ush-mailn_02&tt=b
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